In this image taken from NASA video recorded on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough shows a pouch of turkey he will be preparing for his crew in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, aboard the International Space Station. (NASA via AP)

Led by ISS Commander Shane Kimbrough, the six-member crew from France, Russia and the United Staes is researching how microgravity can affect the genetic properties of space-grown plants and tissue regeneration in humans.